Improved btxkruf



A. H. BLOSSOM.

STIRRUP.

N wait-eid gte-tes @mi anni.

Leners Patent No. 105,893, me August 2,1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parte( the 'same I, ALBnn'r H. BLossoM, of Miamisburg, Montgomery county, 0hi oha\"e invented'a new Aand useful afety-Stirrnp, of .whichfthe following is' a specifica- .Nature and Objects of the Invention.

My invention relates to a. construction of stirrnp which, while alirding a rm and convenient foothold to the rider, cannot,'by any possibility, act to entan gle his foot when thrown frontfthe' saddle, or when engaged in alighting therefrom and My invention consists essentially in making the stirrup entirely open on one side thereof.

Genera-l Description with Reference to the Drawing.

Figure 1 is a. perspective View of. a 'stirrup embodying my invention.

vFigure 2 is a. vertical section of the same.

My stirrup propel' consists essentially of a single annular piece, A VB, preferably of metal, the-part A constituting a shank for attachment of thev strap C,

vand the part B, which constitutes the tread .-or footrest, projecting from it, the said shank, so as to form an acute angle therewith, as shown..

The outer edge of the shank A has at or near its lower end, a crossbar or'bolt, D, for the bight c of l thc strap, and, at or near its upper end, another bolt or bar, E, between which and said shank the strap passes.

Flanges or ribs F'F, projecting from thevrear edge of the shank, serve to confine and to protect the edges of the strap.

stantially as described.

next the-saddle, but may be used either way'.

The upturued Obliquity of the tread Brin the described combination with the shank A, strap C, and

My stirrup is designed to hang withV its open 4side bars D and E, affords a perfectlyi'rm rest or support, from which the foot of the rider has no tendency to` slipLas it has from the common stirrup, and yet the open side opposite the shank A renders entanglement in the strrnp impossible.

The sti rup, depending easily Aand. naturally in the position or actual use, does not have to be turned one-fourth around, as the common stirrup does, but

is at all times ready for insertion of thev riders foot,

onthe leather and on the person using it,

The open-sided stirrup, composedl of flanged and barred shank A F F'D E andnpturned tread B, sub- In testimony of which invention I hereunto-set my hand.

A. H. BLOSSOM;

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMEs H. LAYMAN. 

